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Vote for your star man in KentOnline’s team of the week.Congratulations to Reece Barrett of Glebe, who won last week’s poll with 23% of the vote in one of our tightest-ever polls.This week’s KentOnline team of the weekHave a look at today’s XI and pick your favourite at the bottom of the page.We haven’t quite gone for a Maidstone United XI but there’s a strong Stones contingent after their amazing 2-1 win at Championship side Ipswich in the FA Cup.Maidstone man-of-the-match Lucas Covolan faced 38 shots – 13 of them on target at Ipswich. Picture: Barry GoodwinFirst up in goal…

Location : The M56 westbound between junctions J2 and J5 . Lane Closures : The hard shoulder and lane 1 are closed. Reason : Road traffic collision. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 10:45 and 11:00 on 29 January 2024. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 11:00 and 11:15 on 29 January 2024. Lanes Closed : There is one of four lanes closed. Source link

Masterchef presenter reveals what he ate to lose four stone after doctor told him he was heading for ‘big heart attack’ Source link

A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered property developer China Evergrande Group to liquidate after it was unable to reach a restructuring deal with creditors. Judge Linda Chan said it was appropriate for the court to order Evergrande to wind up its business given a “lack of progress on the part of the company putting forward a viable restructuring proposal” as well as Evergrande’s insolvency. The liquidation order is likely to impact China’s financial system, even as authorities try to prevent a selloff in the Chinese stock market. Evergrande’s liquidation will likely also lessen confidence in the property sector, which…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain If European countries rely solely on technological advances, they won’t be able to limit global heating to 1.5°. Households will also need to change their lifestyles. This “inconvenient truth” is the result of calculations done by industrial ecologist Stephanie Cap. “It’s not a popular message, but it does show that individual actions matter.” It would be reassuring to think that technology, such as wind turbines, solar panels, batteries, and green hydrogen, will save us from the worst consequences of climate change. It would mean we could sit back until science provides us with the solution. Unfortunately,…

The owner of the Mona Lisa, in Brighton’s St James’s Street, has applied to sell alcohol to customers who are having a meal. At a Brighton and Hove City Council licensing panel hearing on Thursday, Sussex Police licensing officer Hannah Staplehurst said that the application did not mention security staff even though the location gave rise to concerns about drink-related crime and disorder. A total of 645 crimes were recorded in the area between January 2023 and January 2024. The force and the council said they had “no confidence” in owner Cem Ince after a couple of incidents. Mr Ince’s…

The Belfast 2 Blanco project by R-City will see teenagers from the Shankill and Ardoyne areas head off to South Africa to help township communities Source link

Location : The A46 southbound between the A606 and the junction with the A6006 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 09:15 and 09:30 on 29 January 2024. Delay : There are currently delays of 50 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

BluSmart, an Indian ride-hailing startup that competes with Uber and homegrown rival Ola with its all-electric fleet, is looking to boost its battery charging infrastructure as the South Asian nation currently has limited charging stations but aims to expand its electric vehicle (EV) base. The Gurugram-based startup has received fresh funding of $25 million from Switzerland-headquartered impact fund ResponsAbility in a mezzanine structure, including partial equity dilution and debt. The purpose of raising this capital — just in a month following a rights issue of $24 million and a few months after another rights issue of $42 million — is…

There were 15,120 centenarians in England and Wales in 2022 Source link